Electrical cigar and pipe lighter



Feb. 14, 1928. 1,659,421

c. D. ANDERSON ELECTRICAL CIGAR AND PIPE LIGHTER Filed March 29, 1,927

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Attorney Patented Feb. 14, 1928.

PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE D. ANDERSON, OF OJUS, FLORIDA.

ELECTRICAL CIGAR AND PIPE LIGHTER.

' Application filed March 29, 1927. Serial No. 179,865.

The object of my said invention is the provision of a peculiar and advantageous electrical device for lighting pipes, cigars, and cigarettes; the said device being designed to be used upon a table or other support and to be connected electrically with an outlet box in a building or any other appropriate source of electric energy.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the in- 10 vention consists in the improvement as heremafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification Figure 1 is a view, partly in elevation and partly in section, illustrating the preferred embodiment of my invention.

Figure 2 is a slightly enlarged detail section taken on the plane indicated by the line 2-2of Figure 1, and showing the laterally disposed end portion of the handle for facilitating the introduction of the lighting filament into the bowl of a pipe to be lighted.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in both views of the drawing.

Among other elements may novel device comprises a cabinet 1, preferably of wood, characterized by a thick, solid and heavy base 2 calculated to prevent casual tilting or other casual movement of the cabinet. The said base 2 is preferably, though not necessarily, provided at its under side with pads or feet 3 of rubber or other material suitable to the purpose.

In the side wall of the cabinet 1 is arranged a bushing 4 throughwhich are carried wires 5 and 6 designed tobe connected with a plug, not shown, which plug may be connected with the outlet box in a building, or may be connected with any other appropriate source of electric energy, the wire or conductor 5 being the positive wire, and the wire or conductor 6 being the negative conductor. The conductor 5 is connected within the cabinet 1 with a terminal 7, and the conductor 6 is electrically connected with a brush 8 disposedin a housing 9 contained in the cabinet 1 and designed to be electrically connected in conventional or any other approved manner with conductor wires 10, carried in a cord 11, the said cord 11 being wound on a drum or spool 13. disposed in said. housing 9, and the said drum 13 being actuated by or subject to the action of a spring, not shown, and the said spring being arranged to be tensioned when the cord 11 is drawn outwardly through the curvilinear guide 13 and being also arranged when the cord 11 is released to rotate the drum so as to take up the cord 11, all in conventional manner not of my invention. Also electrically connected in conventional manner with the conductors is a terminal 14, and electrically connected with the said terminal 14 is a switch member 15 of resilient and conductive character, designed to be normally held away from the terminal 7, and to make contact with said terminal 7 when the handle 16 is removed from its support 17 and 18.

The handle 16 is tubular and is preferably, though not necessarily formed of di-elect-ric material, and in accordance with one part of my invention the forward end of the handle 16 is laterally deflected as designated by 19 for an important purpose hereinafter described. The handle support 17 is in the form of a U-shaped spring clip connected to and rising from the top of the cabinet 1. The handle support 18 is also in the form of a spring clip of U-shape and is arranged upon a tubular upright 20 connected to and rising from the top of the cabinet 1. Guided in the top wall of the cabinet 1 at 21 is a rod 22 which is disposed above the switch member 15 and is provided in the tubular upright 20 with an abutment 23 between which and the top of'the cabinet 1 is interposed a coiled spring 24 which tends to move the rod 22 upwardly. The upper portion of the rod 22 extends loosely through-the top of the tubular upright 20 and is designed to be engaged at its upper end by the handle 16. From this it follows that when the handle 16 is disposed in the supports 17 and 19, the weight of the handle 16 will through the medium of the rod 22 hold 15 out of contact with the terminal 7. When however, the handle 16 is lifted from the supports 17 and 18, the resiliency of the switch member 15 will assist the spring 24 in raising the rod 22 and hence the member 15 will make contact with the terminal 7 so as to bring about the supply of current to the wires 10. The wires 10 are connected by a filament 25, preferably shaped as shown in Figure 2, and it will therefore be understood that when the handle 16 is lifted from the support 17 and 18, the filament 25 will be the spring member rendered incandescent and will serve efiiciently for the lighting of cigars, pipes and cigarettes.

It will also be understood inthis connection that when the handle l6/is disposed 1n the supports 17 and 18, the weight of the handle acting through the rod 22 will move the switch member 15 away from the terminal and in that way will interrupt the connection between the wires 10 and the positive conductor 5.

The wires lengthwise through the tubular handle 16, and the filament 25 is arranged in arcuate state in projecting p0siti0n beyond the end of the lateral deflection 19 on the handle 16. In this connection it will be understood by comparison of Figures 1 and 2 that the filament 25 is seated in a groove 26 in the rounded end of a plug 27 of porcelain or other appropriate material disposed and held, preferably by frictional contact in the deflected end 19 of the handle 16.

The before mentioned tubular guide 13 for the cord 11 is adapted by reason of its curvature to prevent free movement of the cord 11 through the guide without the imposition of undue frictional wear on the cord, and it will also be noted that the cord 11 is equipped at 30 with a button designed to be arranged against the outer end of the tubular guide 13*, see full lines in Figure 1, with a view to limiting the amount of the vcord 11 taken up on the drum 13.

It will be appreciated from the foregoing that my novel lighter is simple and inexpensive in construction and yet is efiicient in operation and is very convenient to use, the cabinet 1 being susceptible of ready movement over the surface of a table or the like; and it will also be appreciated that 10 in the cord 11 are carried when properly embellished the lighter will constitute a finished and attractive table article or appurtenance.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction and relative arrangement of parts embraced in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear, and exact understanding of the said embodiment. I do not desire, however, to be understood as limiting myself to the structure disclosed, my invention being defined by my appended claim within the scope of which modificadescribed the invention, when hold the resilient switch member away from the last named terminal, a filament carried at the forward end of the handle projecting therefrom, and conductors extending through the handle and electrically connecting the terminal and the filament, said conductors extensible from the cabinet and having a stop to/ bring up against the same, and spring means in the cabinet for letting off and taking up the conductors. I

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

CLARENCE n. ANDERSON. 

